Gazette / Jonathon GruenkeJackie Mitchell, sister of Erik Cross, talks to supporters Sunday during an event at the Vicksburg District Library to remember her brother and seek justice in his killing.

VICKSBURG — More than 150 people turned out at the Vicksburg District Library for an event Sunday highlighting the unsolved 1983 slaying of 16-year-old Erik Stirling Cross.

They had a chance to share memories, look at old photos and pick up green bracelets emblazoned with “Justice For Erik Cross.”

The Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating the June 26, 1983 death and interest has been revived in recent months following the creation of a Facebook profile of Cross created by his sister, Jackie Mitchell.

The profile now has more than 950 ‘friends’ on Facebook. Mitchell said more tips have flowed in to detectives as a result and police have received “an enormous amount of response” since the Kalamazoo Gazette published a story about the case Dec. 12.

Police have said they have a core group of four to five people who are persons of interest in the case.

Mitchell said she organized Sunday’s event to “keep spreading the word” about her brother’s death and keep pressure on anyone who may have information to step forward.